Chinese Passives

Transformational or Lexical?

Authors

  • Jiuwu Zhang
  • Xiaohong Wen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.575

Keywords:

Chinese language-- Passive voice

Abstract

There are two types of passive constructions in Chinese. Type I is a syntactic passive since it is derived through a transformational rule. Type II is a lexical passive. It has certain properties in common with the predicate adjectives in Chinese and in English. It is derived through a semantic function in lexical causative inchoative constructions.

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Vol. 14 (1989): Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics: Volume 14, (1989)

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How to Cite

Zhang, . J., & Wen, . X. (1989). Chinese Passives: Transformational or Lexical?. Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 14, 123-140. https://doi.org/10.17161/KWPL.1808.575